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ArticleUnited European gastroenterology journal2024

Role of compliance in Helicobacter pylori eradication treatment: Results of the European Registry on H. pylori management.

Jose M Huguet, Luis Ferrer-Barceló, Patrícia Suárez, Susana Barcelo-Cerda, Javier Sempere, Ilaria Maria Saracino, Giulia Fiorini, Dino Vaira, Ángeles Pérez-Aísa, Laimas Jonaitis and 41 more

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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51 authors.

Jose M HuguetDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6486-1262
Luis Ferrer-BarcelóDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8372-1572
Patrícia SuárezDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9306-8378
Susana Barcelo-CerdaDepartment of Applied Statistics and Operational Research, and Quality, Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5110-6698
Javier SempereDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6893-2512
Ilaria Maria SaracinoIRCCS S. Orsola Polyclinic, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Giulia FioriniIRCCS S. Orsola Polyclinic, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Dino VairaIRCCS S. Orsola Polyclinic, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Ángeles Pérez-AísaAgencia Sanitaria Costa del Sol, Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas (REDISSEC), Marbella, Spain.
Laimas JonaitisDepartment of Gastroenterology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Bojan TepesDepartment of Gastroenterology, AM DC Rogaska, Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-5616-4333
M Castro-FernandezUnidad de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Sevilla, Spain.
Manuel Pabón-CarrascoUnidad de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Sevilla, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6363-8752
Alma Keco-HuergaUnidad de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Sevilla, Spain.
Irina VoynovanDepartment of Gastroenterology, A.S. Loginov Moscow Clinical Scientific Center, Moscow, Russia.
Alfredo J LucendoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hospital General de Tomelloso, Tomelloso, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1183-1072
Ángel LanasServicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain.
Samuel J Martínez-DomínguezServicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain.
Enrique Alfaro AlmajanoServicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain.
Luis RodrigoDepartment of Gastroenterology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1717-9345
Ludmila VologzaninaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Gastrocentr, Perm, Russia.
Dmitry S BordinDepartment of Pancreatic, Biliary and Upper Digestive Tract Disorders, A. S. Loginov Moscow Clinical Scientific Center, Moscow, Russia.ORCID 0000-0003-2815-3992
Antonio GasbarriniMedicina interna e Gastroenterologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy.
Gülüstan BabayevaDepartment of Therapy, Azerbaijan State Advanced Training Institute for Doctors Named After Aziz Aliyev, Baku, Azerbaijan.
Frode LerangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Østfold Hospital Trust, Grålum, Norway.
Mārcis LejaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Digestive Diseases Centre, Riga, Latvia.
Juozas KupčinskasDepartment of Gastroenterology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Theodore RokkasDepartment of Gastroenterology, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Ricardo Marcos-PintoGastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Instituto De Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Antonio MeštrovićDepartment of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Split, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia.
Oleksiy GridnyevDivision for the Study of the Digestive Diseases and its Comorbidity with Noncommunicable Diseases, Government Institution L.T.Malaya Therapy National Institute of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Perminder S PhullDepartment of Digestive Disorders, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK.
Sinead M SmithFaculty of Health Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Doron BoltinDivision of Gastroenterology, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-3357-613X
György Miklós BuzásDepartment of Gastroenterology, Ferencváros Health Centre, Budapest, Hungary.
Jan KralHepatogastroenterology Department, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-6960-1013
Halis ŞimşekDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Tamara Matysiak-BudnikDepartment of Gastroenterology, CHRU de Nantes, Hôpital Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, France.
Vladimir MilivojevicDepartment of Gastroenterology, Clinical Center of Serbia, University of Belgrade School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia.
Wojciech MarliczDepartment of Gastroenterology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2649-5967
Marino VeneritoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Otto-von-Guericke University Hospital, Magdeburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8581-0974
Lyudmila BoyanovaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Michael DoulberisMedical University Department, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland.
Lisette G CapelleDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, Netherlands.
Anna Cano-CatalàGOES Research Group, Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Universitària de Manresa, Manresa, Spain.
Leticia MoreiraDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), IDIBAPS (Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Olga P NyssenHospital Universitario de La Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa (IIS-Princesa), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4920-9310
Francis MégraudINSERM U1312, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
Colm O'MorainFaculty of Health Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Javier P GisbertHospital Universitario de La Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa (IIS-Princesa), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2090-3445
Hp‐EuReg Investigators

Funding

DIASORINEuropean Union programme EU4Health 101101252HORIZON EUROPE European Innovation Council 101095359UK Research and Innovation 10058099
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdherence to Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) eradication treatment is a cornerstone for achieving adequate treatment efficacy.

objectiveTo determine which factors influence compliance with treatment.

methodsA systematic prospective non-interventional registry (Hp-EuReg) of the clinical practice of European gastroenterologists. Compliance was considered adequate if ≥90% drug intake. Data were collected until September 2021 using the AEG-REDCap e-CRF and were subjected to quality control. Modified intention-to-treat analyses were performed. Multivariate analysis carried out the factors associated with the effectiveness of treatment and compliance.

resultsCompliance was inadequate in 646 (1.7%) of 38,698 patients. The non-compliance rate was higher in patients prescribed longer regimens (10-, 14-days) and rescue treatments, patients with uninvestigated dyspepsia/functional dyspepsia, and patients reporting adverse effects. Prevalence of non-adherence was lower for first-line treatment than for rescue treatment (1.5% vs. 2.2%; p < 0.001). Differences in non-adherence in the three most frequent first-line treatments were shown: 1.1% with proton pump inhibitor + clarithromycin + amoxicillin; 2.3% with proton pump inhibitor clarithromycin amoxicillin metronidazole; and 1.8% with bismuth quadruple therapy. These treatments were significantly more effective in compliant than in non-compliant patients: 86% versus 44%, 90% versus 71%, and 93% versus 64%, respectively (p < 0.001). In the multivariate analysis, the variable most significantly associated with higher effectiveness was adequate compliance (odds ratio, 6.3 [95%CI, 5.2-7.7]; p < 0.001).

conclusionsCompliance with Helicobacter pylori eradication treatment is very good. Factors associated with poor compliance include uninvestigated/functional dyspepsia, rescue-treatment, prolonged treatment regimens, the presence of adverse events, and the use of non-bismuth sequential and concomitant treatment. Adequate treatment compliance was the variable most closely associated with successful eradication.

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AmoxicillinAnti-Bacterial AgentsDrug MonitoringDrug Therapy, CombinationHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriProton Pump InhibitorsRegistriesAdultAgedBismuthClarithromycinDyspepsiaEuropeFemaleHumansAmoxicillinAnti-Bacterial AgentsBismuthClarithromycinMetronidazoleProton Pump Inhibitorsadherenceadverse effectsbismuthdyspepsiaeffectivenessefficacyfirst linerateregimensrescue

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PMID38685613
PMCPMC11250393

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